Hong Kong Ordinances

PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE - SECT 31

Matching procedure request

(1) A data user proposing to carry out, whether in whole or in part, a
matching procedure may make a request-

   (a)  in the specified form;

   (b)  to the Commissioner; and

   (c)  seeking the Commissioner's consent under section 32 to the carrying
        out of that procedure.

(2) Where 2 or more data users may each make a matching procedure  request in
respect of the same matching procedure, then any of those data  users may make
such a request on behalf of all those data users, and the provisions of this
Ordinance (including subsection (1)) shall be construed accordingly.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), it is hereby
declared that a matching procedure request may be made in relation to 2 or
more matching procedures, or a series of matching procedures, and the other
provisions of this Ordinance (including section 32) shall be construed
accordingly. (Enacted 1995)